Bloom as a middle name for a girl

[CheeryMintHiker]

Bloom as a middle name?

trendy or pretty?

Blossom sounds like a carthorse!
Bloom is awful too.
Sorry OP.
Flora, Fleur or one of the flower names?

It’s a euphemism for putting on weight. So no.

Is it? I thought it was used to describe a woman becoming more obviously pregnant.

I don’t think it’s even a little bit pretty.

I don’t really like it, I’m struggling to put a name in front of it that doesn’t make it sound like a clown or cartoon character.

I think you can go as crazy as you like with middle names.

It’s pretty awful.

It’s a middle name go for it! Wish I had given my kids more out there fun middle names

ETA, You won’t get a lot off support for Bloom on MN, if you would like their approval I suggest, Margaret, Clementine or Phyllis

I wouldn’t use it personally. If it’s a middle name she’ll always have the option of not using it once she’s old enough though.

It’s an odd choice but middle names do t matter so if you like it go with it

I was at school with someone over 40 years ago who had Bloom as a surname. I remember thinking it was an odd one then. Wouldn’t be my choice OP.

In my experience, girls often like to ask each other about their middle names. I used to say I didn't have one because I thought mine was so awful!

I can imagine your DD will feel the same if you call her Bloom, @CheeryMintHiker

Makes me think of Violet Bridgerton…”my garden is in bloom!”

Trendy? No
Pretty? No
Bit try hard? Yep!

I like it

It’s not pretty or tendy its silly

It makes me think of the bit in Cranford when a gentleman comments that a young lady has "lost her bloom" (i.e. lost her youthful glow) so was no longer marriageable. The young lady was in her twenties . . .

I'd immediately think it was a surname. So first name plus two surnames. Frequent enough in children of non married parents of my acquaintance.

It’s fine as a middle name. Prefer Blossom though.

Frequent in many married ones too. Most thinking parents give their child both surnames.about two thirds of DS’s class, judging by class lists.

Blooming ridiculous!

Blooming awful!

Trendy or pretty? Neither.

A bit silly? Totally.

It would take me a lot more than a year to get over it, like a lifetime!

I don't like season, weather, place, action or object names anyway.

this is the first time I've heard of it being used as a first/second name.

Lovely